How-To Prep & Space Out Your Guides | Rod Building 101
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- See how to prepare guides and space them along your custom rod for easy installation and excellent performance!
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Before we get to spacing the guides on the rod blank, we want to inspect the guides.
Prepping the guides
What you want to look for is at the top of the foot, at the very tip where it meets the rod blank, to check to make sure there is a nice smooth transition for the thread to move up.
If you run your finger over it and kind of feel any bumps or irregularities, all you need to do is take a standard nail file, support the foot of the guide and make a few passes over it.
Keep doing that until the top is smooth. What that might do is create a burr underneath so what you then want to do is double check and take the bottom of the guide foot and run it over your fingernail. It scratches your fingernail, it probably will scratch the rod blank.
If you do find something, take a few more passes with the nail file and keep checking it until it is smooth again. Once that’s done, you’re ready for the spacing on the blank.
Mark the guide spacing
Now you are ready to mark where the guides go on your rod blank. If you are using the CRB guide system, for example, they already have the different rod lengths and the spacing charts right on the packaging.
If you are using other rod guides, you can refer to the vendor’s website for guide spacing, or contact us at Mud Hole for assistance.
In either case, remember guide spacing is always going to be measured from the tip of the rod blank down to the butt end.
Before starting, there are a few tools you will need in order lay out and mark your guides properly. One is a china marker, and something to measure out the blank like a tape measure.
Once you’ve got it ready to go, you are going to make a mark with your china marker on each of the designated measurement points.
TIP: What’s important to remember about these points is that this is going to represent where the ring of the guide is going to line up, not the guide foot. The mark represents where the ring lines up on that rod.
Once we’ve got all our marks in place, we’re going to secure the guides to the blank and move on to the next step.
To secure these guides to the blank itself, you are going to be using some 1/4 inch, rod building masking tape.
Take an inch or two of masking tape and press it about halfway up the guide foot. When we’re ready to place it on the rod, we are going to line our ring up with the mark we measured out earlier.
TIP: Remember align the guide ring with the mark, not the guide foot.
Once the guide is secured and aligned with the spine mark, finish the masking tape wrap by folding over the end making a tag end. This will make it easier to remove later.
Now secure the rest of the rod guides.
Tip: Very important to remember to line the rod guides up with the spine mark you made earlier and ultimately the reel seat.
Once you’ve got everything in place, you’re ready to move to wrapping our guides.
EXTRA TIP: Another way to adhere the rod guide to the blank is to use the CRB guide foot adhesive. Tape works great but lower profile guides tend to be more difficult to work with as far as taping it to the rod blank. The CRB guide foot adhesive is really easy to use, you just melt the tip over an alcohol burner, run your guide foot over it. Then, place it on the blank, keeping in mind to line up the mark with the ring and there you go. It will dry and it’s a lot easier for smaller profile guides.
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Ive been using the little rubber bands for holding the guides on, ive found them to work great.
You can buy them in bulk for some few dollars as dental rubber bands or braces rubber. The smallest size available will do.
Mud hole has really been great to deal with; ive delt with Ben most of the time. I wish you guys would open up a shop in southern Oregon.
Gracias muchas gracias. Excelente ahora tengo una ayuda más con Uds.👍👏👏👏
Hola saludos desde Perú. Tengo una duda. La distancia entre anillas. Hay alguna guía para saber a cuál o tal distancia colocarlas. Gracias. 👍✨
Does the placement of the reel seat have any effect on guide placement?
What's the spacing for a 6 ft rod? The guides I got didn't come with the spacing guide.
Get small clear surgical tubing cut piece 3/4 in long slite one side longways wrap round rod slide over guidefoot to hold guide in place, to align guides try using the glare line down your rod from room lighting it laser strait
Ya quisiera tener las cosas con las que trabajan? Por acá la cosa es más artesanal pero eso es bueno cada día te pone nuevos retos cuídense. 🎣
Mil gracias que bueno tener esta información 👍👍👍👏👏👏👏🎣
Teneis tablas para saber cual es separacion de anillas?? La configuracion de separacion adecuada. Sabe alguien donde puedo ver alguna??
doesn't the spacing change if the reaction on the rod is different? Isn't a fast tip rod guide placement differ from a slow action rod guide placement?
Yes , so pre determined on packet is pointless. Every rod is different. Generally the first ring at the top is too far from the tip causing tangles. An extra ring is worthwhile over what manufacturers use to save costs.
Also the first ring near the Butt is too big and too far away from the reel. Again to save cost.
yup
I got really comfused on how you guys spaced the guides out
I don't think the glue is a good idea as when you're finished wrapping, you need to make a final alignment of the guides. Or is everyone else perfectly placing their guides?
It’s really easy to move them around even after they’re wrapped and it stays on the foot to prevent scratching your blank. It’s pretty cheap to try out. Like $2.50.
What is the part number or web page for that guide measuring tape? Thanks!
I am not sure of the part number , go to www.mudhole.com you can look there for what you want.
Guide. Mearuring tape
that guide foot adhesive is just a stick of hot glue...